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Puerto princesa is a beautiful sanctuary for both animals and human being. It is a “City in a Forest”. We’ve chosen to travel here to experience the beauty of it’s nature.

Day 1

HONDA BAY TOUR
The bay is used for both subsistence and commercial fisheries and recreation. Boats can be rented for the day and used for travel to nearby islands, many less than 45 minutes from the shore by boat. Honda Bay is ideal for snorkeling and island hoping. This is our first destination after we safely landed to the beautiful Puerto Princesa.

So Here’s our DIY Tour

Luli Islandhas a very unique name, we found out that “Luli” means “Lulubog Lilitaw”. During low tide, its sand bars are visible while on high tide it sinks underwater leaving only the houses on the area visible. It is a rocky beach so people should only swim on the designated area cause there are stone fish and jelly fish on the beach.

Crystal Clear Water at Luli Island

Starfish Islandhas the popular frame where everyone who went to Honda bay had their picture taken. Also it has a lot of starfish, be it big or small. We enjoyed our stay here because of the 30 peso coconut fruit. Though the price is same here in Manila nothing beats sipping on a coconut with a wonderful beach view. We also had it cut so we can eat, it served as our lunch on the island .

Pandan Islandhas the most expensive entrance fee but it was worth it. It has all sorts of water activities like jet ski, banana boat, kayaking, snorkeling etc. it also has pristine waters. Near the shore you could swim with the fishes and snorkel your way through the seaweeds. Anyone who knows how to swim wouldn’t need any life vest cause simple floating would allow you to explore the sea beneath. Below is a video of our interactions with the fishes. If you’re a fan of swimming, sugar fine sand and fishes, this island shouldn’t be missed.

Cowrie Islandis our last stop, It is known for its buffet lunch. For a price of 200 pesos you could fill yourself up with seafood, a little meat and some veggies. We had our lunch around 2:30 pm, we enjoyed the Pandan Island so much coz’ it feels like we’re in Boracay (the sand is so so beautiful) so we stayed there for a while

IWAHIG FIREFLY WATCHING

Firefly watching in Palawan is an environmental tour in a protected river called Iwahig. Our guide and bangkero, Kuya Paul was witty and hilarious ( I call him Paul Lee.. haha) he knows everything like he’s Ernie Baron or Kuya Kim! 😛 He said Fireflies are like Christmas lights with no electricity needed and no short circuit guarantee. It’s amazing how fireflies respond to Kuya Paul’s red light. When he light them up, they will respond and they will all glow. It’s a very beautiful sight when they glow all together. Light production in fireflies is due to a type of chemical reaction called bioluminescence. He also let us see planktons in the river, they also glow when the water gets disturbed. The water in the river is called Brackish water, a mixture of Fresh and Salt water. There are also lots of Mangroves in the River. He also told us why Maynila is called that way. He said the name Maynila came from “Nilad”, a Mangrove tree which is very abundant in the area before. The Nilad leaves are very much alike with calamansi. We also did a little star gazing before the tour ends. Over all the tour was fun and very much informative.

Ugong Rock Adventures
This is our first time to do caving stuffs so we’re excited to enter the cave!

The tour was a calorie burning experience, most of us were perspiring when we reached the top. The cave was full of different rock formations, you just need a little imagination to see the images. We also did spelunking inside the cave. It was a very beautiful sight when we reached the top. There were two options to go down; first is to climb the cave down another way is to zip lining your way down. Well, after exhausting ourselves out in climbing the cave, we took the fastest yet scary way out.

Every year when we have our summer outing we always make it near the date of our parent’s wedding anniversary. This year March 2015 is their 30th wedding anniversary (yey!) and we’ve decided that we will celebrate it in the beautiful province of Bohol, the home of the smallest living primate – Tarsier.

So here’s short video of Renzo’s teleportation!

Day 1

Here’s my sister and younger brother (First timers.. hahaha :P)

We landed at Tagbilaran Airport around 9:00 in the morning.

Shell Amazing Toilet

It’s funny when my dad entered the toilet, he didn’t knew it was already our first stop, he hesitated to enter because he taught it was a sala. Hahaha.

Bohol Museum

Cool Creepy Bones

Hinagdanan Cave
Be careful when entering the cave coz it’s so slippery. The underground lake is a popular swimming spot however the lake is made of brackish water so it’s a little bit salty.

look up

Dauis Church & Panglao Church
These churches are pretty much wrecked by the recent earthquake, good thing they are all into construction and they are already rebuilding the churches.

Shell Museum
Lots and lots of shells. We didn’t even know all of those shells exist!! (After we saw all those shells, we searched for it on the beach.. Hahahaha check out our day 3) You can also see antiques and animal skeletons on the museum.

Not only shells but also skeletons

Bohol Bee Farm

All stuffs are organic here at Bohol Bee Farm, we bought wild honey and we tried their home-made ice creams.. We ate spicy ginger, guyabano (my favorite) avocado, lemongrass and chocolate. We also tried their lemongrass juice. (Yum!)

The fun part, holding the bee cages!!

That is called: Courage (lols)

We had lunch at chicken ati-atihan. I like their grilled chicken, a MUST-TRY. Two thumbs up for me!

We drop by into a nearby market to buy some food to cook for our dinner and tomorrow’s breakfast.

We stayed at Bohol Sunside Resort. The rooms are super big and clean, the pool is good too, however their blankets are too small and thin. They also give free water gallons per room and free use of kitchen utensils. (NICE!)

ATV Ride
All of us are first timers riding ATV and Buggy.. They are fun to ride!!! I enjoyed riding my buggy while my passenger is enjoying the view.

Bohol Habitat (Butterfly Sanctuary)

The 3D butterfly photos are cute!!! Thanks to our guide for taking photos of us..

a very huge moth

Time to fly sissy..

Tarsier Conservation Area
We saw 4 of these little creatures.

Loboc floating Resto
The food was Good and the ride was fun, there’s a performer who sings while we eat our food. Besides the singer on the boat, there are also performers in the middle of the cruise and they are fun to watch as they dance tinikling and sing their native songs.

I never thought Dolphin watching will be fun.. Boats chase them but then they get disturbed. What our boatman did was stay for a little while try not to make too much noise from his motorboat until such time he see dolphins then we run after them.. Luckily we see them near.

After dolphin watching we went to balicasag island, (a little tip, its better if you bring your own aqua shoes or jelly shoes they are cheap here in manila for about 50-100 pesos only) since some of us didn’t bring aqua shoes we opted to rent some, especially for the girls. Even though some corals are already damaged because they are being stepped, there are still lots of fish and we even saw nemo and that yummy loro fish.. Hahaha.. My parents enjoyed snorkeling especially my dad 😀

We also went to virgin island, it has beautiful wide stretch of fine white sand and lots of shells too (like we saw on shell museum!)

Timmy Time moments

This will bring us fortune, like the one we saw at the shell museum, the smallest shell.. hahahaha..

When we get back to the resort, my mom and my dad went to the market to buy some food. We rented the scooter for a day so they can go to the market.